Retreat 2019

The retreat cost includes bus transfers back and forth from the Gold Coast airport, all meals and glorious eco-friendly accommodation, a 2 hour spa experience, daily yoga and walks, plus an inspiring program of workshops, experiences and presentations from our team of 9 incredible anti-diet health professionals.Single room with king sized bed and en suite: $1800*If you wish to come to the retreat but you’re not an UNTRAPPED Masterclass member, you can purchase the retreat PLUS an UNTRAPPED membership for an additional $400 (a saving of almost $200!!).

Gymea Retreat is nestled in a quiet secluded valley connected to expansive grounds of naturally undulating rainforest with walking tracks and stunning views of Wollumbin / Mt Warning (UNESCO World Heritage national Park). Gymea is also positioned adjacent to 1,500 acres of some rugged and beautiful State & National Park and is right in the heart of Australia’s Green Cauldron, one of Australia’s iconic landscapes identified as the creative and spiritual heartland of Australia.Gymea has 20 beautiful rooms all equipped with 5-Star eco beds. All room furnishings are organic or biodynamic and all rooms, although modest in size, are conveniently located and have their own storage, shower, basin, toilet and individual art.Our retreat facilities include a beautiful octagonal shaped yoga / mediation space, commercial kitchen, a lovely dining room, balcony dining spaces, a healing spa, complimentary access to our 20m long resort style Magnesium /Potassium mineral swimming pool, and WiFi access.Find out more about Gymea eco retreat here

Louise Adams

Louise is a clinical psychologist, founder of Treat Yourself Well Sydney, and founder of the UNTRAPPED Masterclass. She also hosts the popular All Fired Up! Podcast, where she chats with people from all over the world about the toxic influences of diet culture. Louise is the co-author of the Non-Diet Guidebook for Psychologists & Counsellors, with Fiona Willer, AAPD, and the author of Mindful Moments, a practical guide to building self-compassion skills. Louise is passionate about bringing the anti-diet message to as many people as possible, and aims to create a worldwide community of people living an UNTRAPPED life. Louise advocates tirelessly in the media, at conferences, through her professional training courses, and in her blog, as well as working with people in individual therapy. Louise is a strong believer in the power of self-compassion and the non-diet approach to empower people to live an authentic, connected, embodied life. You can find out more about Louise here.

Fiona Willer

Fiona is an advanced accredited practising dietitian (AAPD) and the owner of Health, Not Diets. Fiona’s mission is to empower people to adopt a weight neutral practice by providing training and education. As a PhD candidate and university lecturer in nutrition and dietetics, Fiona values nourishment, autonomy, authenticity, and evidence based practice. Fiona is a fierce advocate for steering health professionals, particularly dietitians, towards weight inclusive practice. She is the author of two guidebooks: The Non-Diet Approach Guidebook for Dietitians, co-authored with Fiona Sutherland, and The Non-Diet Approach Guidebook for Psychologists and Counsellors, co-authored with Louise Adams. Fiona is the current secretary of HAES Australia. Fiona has great enthusiasm for overusing food and eating metaphors in everyday life. Find out more about Fiona here.

Susan Williams

Susan is an anti-diet dietitian and the owner of Zest Nutrition. She helps people to find peace with food and their bodies, and to find their way out of the maze of rules, beliefs, unhelpful self-talk, back to a place where they can care for themselves authentically, respectfully, and compassionately. Susan especially loves to see the relief, the joy, and the light come back to people as they move away from dieting. Her greatest joy is to hear people talk with surprise and pride about their latest eating discovery, how their body is trustworthy, and how the shackles of weight focus are falling away. You can find out more about Susan here.

Meg McClintock

Meg is a accredited practicing dietitian and a food behaviour expert who connects people who are tired of fighting their bodies and looking for a better approach to food, health, and happiness. She is passionate about growing a movement of people who are confident and empowered, strong in their resistance to all forms of shame and guilt associated with food and bodies. Meg works specifically with mums, finding that they in particular face an overload of information and misinformation about feeding their families from friends, family, social media, ‘food gurus’, and even some health professionals. When this pressure is coupled with the busyness of life, many mums’ confidence is undermined, leading to feelings of guilt, self judgement, and stress. All of this can impact negatively on their physical and mental health. Meg’s professional goal is to help women wade through this information and to empower them to be the confident, happy and healthy people that they want to be! You can find out more about Meg here.

Shelley Lask

Shelley is a mobile personal trainer who uses the Health At Every Size approach to support people to get fitter and stronger in a way that’s fun, flexible, compassionate and completely weight neutral. Shelley has a background in boxing and MuayThai and gets a real kick out of seeing people start to enjoy movement and discover some of the amazing things their body is capable of. Shelley works with people of all ages and genders, outdoors, in their own homes and even via Skype. She’s led more than 4000 sessions, training people for everything from triathlon training to getting up and down from the floor independently. Shelley loves having a laugh with her clients and breaking down the stereotype of what personal training is all about. You can find out more about Shelley here.

Janet Lowndes

Janet is the Director and senior psychologist at Mind Body Well, a multidisciplinary practice in Melbourne which assists people with challenges in their mind-body relationship. Janet has more than 25 years experience working from a non-diet perspective to assist people in developing self-caring and self-respectful relationships with their minds and bodies, prioritising wellbeing on all levels. Janet’s professional practice includes psychological counselling, professional supervision, yoga therapy, and meditation training. You can find out more about Janet here.

Nicole McDermid

Nicole is a social worker, counsellor and an eating disorder recovery coach, with over ten years experience working in the mental health field. Not only does Nicole practice in the clinical sphere, she is also a speaker and an unapologetic fat activist with a strong sense of social justice. She writes prolifically on issues such as weight stigma, size acceptance, body liberation and eating disorder recovery across a number of different social media channels.In all facets of her work, Nicole practices from, and is informed by a Health at Every Size and Non-Diet framework. She also has a lived experience of an eating disorder, whilst living in a larger body and believes that we simply do not see enough representation of ALL people, in ALL bodies across the current eating disorder recovery narrative. Nicole is a visionary as both a clinician and an activist in the eating disorder, body liberation and social justice spheres, drawing on both her professional expertise and lived experience to inform her practice. Find out more about Nicole here.

Ashlee Bennett

Ashlee Bennett is an art psychotherapist practicing in Melbourne, Australia. She has special interests in body image, internalised fat phobia, disordered eating, as well as general mental health. She utilises an eclectic range of art therapy approaches, recognising that healing is facilitated by meeting the whole ‘self’ on sensory, emotional and mental levels. She works within a feminist framework and is trauma-informed. Find out more about Ashlee here.

Maya Rees

Maya is an incredible yoga teacher with special training in trauma informed practice and yoga for people in larger bodies. Maya's morning classes are wonderful opportunities to explore all that yoga can bring to your life and your experience of embodiment. You can find out more about Maya here.